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The Committee recommends no action. See Report of Personnel Board.
The Committee will ask for consideration of Article 5 prior to Article 4 for the reason that Article 5 presents a compre- hensive and basic plan for the payment of wages and sal- aries to town employees and Article 4 recommends changes in this basic plan. It is, therefore, illogical to consider changes in a plan before having had the plan itself available for reference.
If the town acts favorably under Article 5, it will have already incurred additional wage and salary costs amount- ing to an annual rate of $34,000 or almost $3,000 per month. The cost of this further adjustment to take immediate effect will amount to an additional $1,000 per month or, in other words, an increase of some 33% over that which we have already recommended. This would be solely for the pur- pose of bringing about adjustments to maximum pay in this year which will, in the normal course of events, and covering the vast majority of employees, take effect within another two years or so.
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Mr. C. Harvey Moore moved that the Town take no action under Article four.
Mr. James Frazier moved to amend by substituting the following: That the Town vote to instruct the Personnel Board to place each full time Town employee holding a posi- tion included in the Classification Plan on the pay step for which his years of service in this classification qualify him according to the policy set forth below and to appropriate the sum of $7,000 to make these pay adjustments effective on June 1, 1954, allocation of this appropriation to the vari- ous departments to be made by the Personnel Board.
A full time employee shall be one who has worked 30 weeks or more in any one calendar year, except that sea- sonal salaried employees in the Park Department shall be given a full year's credit for a full season's employment. A full time salaried employee with more than one but less than three years of continuous service shall be paid not less than Step 2, with more than three but less than five years of continuous service not less than Step 3 and with more than five years of continuous service not less than the maximum salary step.
A full time hourly rated employee with more than one but less than two years of continuous service shall be paid not less than Step 2 and with more than two years of con- tinuous service not less than the maximum wage step.
The motion to amend was lost.
The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article 6. To see what action the Town will take with regard to fixing the salaries of elected Town Officers.
The Committee recommends that the salaries of elected town officers be set, as of January 1, 1954, as follows:
Moderator
$30.00
Chairman of Selectmen
800.00
Other Selectmen (each)
400.00
Chairman of Assessors
4,059.00
Other Assessors (each)
3,450.00
Town Clerk 2,678.00
Town Treasurer
2,678.00
Collector of Taxes
4,411.00
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Voted: That the salaries of Elected Town Officers be set, as of January 1, 1954, as follows:
Moderator
$30.00
Chairman of Selectmen
800.00
Other Selectmen (each)
400.00
Chairman of Assessors
4,059.00
Other Assessors (each)
3,450.00
Town Clerk
2,678.00
Town Treasurer
2,678.00
Collector of Taxes
4,411.00
Article 7. To make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the Town and for other purposes and to raise sums of money as the Town shall deem expedient.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT-5.2% of total
Item Expended in No. 1953
Requested in 1954
Recommended for 1954
1
$63.25
$100.00
Personnel Board Expenses
$100.00
Selectmen:
2
7.297.58
8.549.12
Salaries
7.990.00
3
2,017.76
3,246.25
Other Expenses
2,846.25
Town Accountant:
4
6,054.00
8.110.75
Salaries
8,110.75
5
891.96
710.00
Other Expenses
710.00
Town Treasurer:
6
4,462.75
5,008.02
Salaries
4,850.50
7
8.75
46.00
Tax Title Expenses
46.00
8
1,210.15
1,295.75
Other Expenses
1,295.75
Tax Collector:
9
6,084.00
7.442.00
Salaries
7,442.00
10
2,371.81
2,327.00
Other Expenses
2,277.00
Assessors:
11
14,551.75
16,309.00
Salaries
15,468.00
12
237.10
400.00
Mileage and Travel
300.00
13
1,287.92
3.104.15
Other Expenses
1,430.00
14
8,126.70
10,000.00
Assessors' Plans
10,000.00
Law:
15
2,300.00
2,100.00
Salaries
2,100.00
16
115.00
200.00
Other Expenses
200.00
Town Clerk:
17
4,462.75
5,008.02
Salaries
4,850.50
18
422.50
525.00
O her Expenses
525.00
Town Engineer:
19
3,560.00
3,584.00
Salaries
3,584.00
20
693.88
680.05
Other Expenses
680.00
Legislative:
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Item Expended in
No.
1953
Requested in 1954
Recommended for 1954
Election and Registration :
21
3,075.50
4,191.00
Salaries
4,071.00
22
2,114.20
2,593.00
Other Expenses
2.176.50
Planning Board:
23
3,901.59
4,000.00
Expenses
4,000.00
Town House Maintenance:
24
2,758.97
1,304.00
Salaries
1,304.00
25
1,228.20
350.00
Other Expenses
350.00
Town Office Building Maintenance:
26
3,446.83
5,735.00
Salaries
5,735.00
27
687.63
4,000.00
Fuel
3,000.00
28
3,039.41
2,200.00
Other Expenses
1,800.00
Memorial Building Maintenance:
29
6,019.43
6,077.00
Salaries
6,077.00
30
2,043.04
2,000.00
Fuel
2,000.00
31
800.00
Lighting of Parking Area
32
3,151.83
2,965.00
Other Expenses
2,965.00
$114,960.11
Total General Government $108,284.25
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY 11.6% of total
Police:
33
$83,864.47
$90,429.32
Salaries
$90,313.82
34
300.00
400.00
Expenses to Police School
400.00
35
100.00
Out-of-State Travel
100.00
36
6,788.76
7,410.00
Other Expenses
6,600.00
37
94,634.89
107,985.30
Salaries
100,708.00
38
1,040.79
1,100.00
Liability Insurance on Trucks
1,100.00
39
46.00
100.00
Out-of-State Travel
100.00
40
735.00
825.00
New Hose
825.00
41
450.00
New Oil Burner
450.00
42
8,617.34
8,875.00
Other Expenses
8,400.00
43
2,940.00
3,648.00
Salary
3,648.00
44
724.99
980.00
Other Expenses
825.00
Board of Appeals:
45
302.45
400.00
Expenses
350.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
46
2,100.00
2,136.00
Salaries
2,136.00
47
349.24
410.00
Other Expenses
400.00
Insect Pest Control:
48
2,388.00
2,388.00
Salary
2,388.00
49
714.40
800.00
Dutch Elm Disease Control 800.00
50
5,645.00
6,585.00 Other Expenses
5,685.00
Fire:
Building Inspector :
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Item Expended in
No.
1953
Requested in 1954
Recommended for 1954
Tree Warden:
51
1,582.00
1,882.00
Salary
1,582.00
52
6,893.35
8,000.00
Other Expenses
7,465.00
Forest Warden:
53
1,125.50
2,100.00
Forest Fire Payrolls
2,100.00
54
759.54
800.00
Liability Insurance on Trucks
800.00
55
381.15
385.00
New Portable Pump
385.00
56
1,610.80
2,010.00
Other Expenses
1,885.00
South Street Station Maintenance: Fuel
275.00
58
226.56
485.00
Other Expenses 475.00
Inland Fisheries:
59
300.00
300.00
Expenses
300.00
Dog Officer:
60
1,365.00
1,400.00
Salary
1,365.00
61
619.45
675.00
Other Expenses 575.00
Commission of Public Safety:
62
930.14
905.00
Expenses
325.00
$254,238.62
Total Protection of Persons and
Property
$242,760.82
HEALTH AND SANITATION - 3.6% of total
Health:
63
$15,000.63
Salaries
$19,189.06
64
11,393.31
Other Expenses
12,972.00
65
1,500.00
Bulldozing at Manomet Dump
750.00
Sewers:
66
7,155.00
6,855.00
Expenses
6,855.00
Garbage Collection:
67
21,297.28
28,682.20
Expenses
27,882.20
Street Cleaning:
68
3,024.00
2,574.00
Expenses
2,574.00
69
3,387.09
3,694.10
Salaries
3,694.10
70
548.97
740.00
Other Expenses Mosquito Control:
450.00
71
750.00
750.00
Expenses Greenhead Fly Control:
750.00
72
800.00
800.00
Expenses
800.00
$78,431.36
Total Health and Sanitation
$75,916.36
73
12,927.40
14,113.40 Salaries
14,113.40
75
43,117.36
49,017.00
Other Expenses
49,017.00
74 2,392.18
2,000.00
Fences
2,000.00
57
275.00
275.00
$19,289.06 13,547.00
HIGHWAYS- 7.7% of total Roads and Bridges:
Public Sanitaries:
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Item Expended in
No.
1953
Requested in 1954
Recommended for 1954
76
6,477.00
6,477.00
Repairing Hard-Surfaced Streets
6,000.00
77
24,708.86
49,050.00
Hwy. Const. and Reconst.
27,500.00
78
493.60
500.00
Setting Boundary Stones
500.00
79
8,943.00
7,943.00
Sidewalks
7,500.00
80
1,912.41
5,900.00
Granolithic Sidewalks & Curbings
3,600.00
81
800.00
New Cement Mixer
800.00
82
1,500.00
1,500.00
Street Sprinkling
1,300.00
83
9,336.91
15,000.00
Snow and Ice Removal
15,000.00
84
600.00
New Sandspreader
600.00
85
675.00
New Snow Plow
675.00
86
24,519.75
26,000.00
Street Lighting
26,000.00
87
563.57
525.00
Traffic Lighting
475.00
88
3,000.00
3,000.00
Traffic Signs, Painting, etc.
2,500.00
Harbor Master:
89
3,462.00
3,522.00
Salary
3,522.00
90
292.77
510.00
Other Expenses
285.00
$187,132.40
Total Highway
$161,387.40
CHARITIES - 25.2% of total
Public Welfare:
91
$6,665.40
$7,380.50
Salaries
$7,380.50
92
70,285.14
86,950.00
Other Expenses
76,325.00
Town Infirmary :
93
3,925.43
3,947.00
Salaries
3,947.00
94
6,145.34
7,575.00
Other Expenses
6,950.00
Disability Assistance:
95
16,340.71
26,000.00
Assistance
20,000.00
96
75,107.87
90,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children: Assistance
75,000.00
Old Age Assistance:
97
4,565.00
12,236.75
Salaries
10,611.50
98
2,122.63
2,855.00
Administration
2,200.00
99
750.00
New Dictaphone
100
307,827.35
340,000.00
Assistance
325,000.00
$577,694.25
Total Charities
$527,414.00
VETERANS' BENEFITS - 1.7% of total
Veterans' Services:
101
$2,472.09
$4,217.00
Salaries
$4,217.00
102
426.53
600.00
Other Expenses
600.00
Veterans' Benefits :
103
28,606.37
30,000.00
Assistance
30,000.00
$34,817.00
Total Veterans' Benefits
$34,817.00
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Other:
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SCHOOLS -29.8% of total
Item Expended in
No.
1953
Requested in 1954
Recommended for 1954
104 $468,496.73
$509,722.00 Salaries
$509,722.00
105
1,424.85
1,400.00 General Administration
1,400.00
106
150.00
Out-of-State Travel
100.00
107
23,064.64
24,975.00
Expenses of Instruction
24,975.00
108
4,573.09
6,195.00
Tuition
5,695.00
109
33,676.25
37,925.00
Transportation
37,925.00
110
20,264.40
21,685.00
Fuel and Light
21,685.00
111
11,134.15
12,525.00
Maint. Bldgs. and Grounds
12,025.00
112
1,150.00
3,200.00
Desks and Chairs
3,200.00
113
2,534.32
3,750.00
Other Furniture & Furnishings
3,150.00
114
1,197.10
1,250.00 Medical Inspection
1,250.00
115
451.30
600.00
Diplomas and Graduation
600.00
116
6,874.55
3,000.00
Athletic Fund
3,000.00
(incl. receipts)
$626,377.00
Totals Schools
$624,727.00
RECREATION - 1.6% of total
Parks, Playgrounds & Bathing Beaches:
117
$12,726.91
$14,500.00
Salaries
$14,500.00
118 17,820.03
18,615.00
Other Expenses
18,615.00
$33,115.00
Total Recreation
$33,115.00
119
$2,741.96
$2,720.04 Pensions for Town Laborers
$2,720.04
Cont. Retirement System:
120
31,742.00
26,435.00
Pension Fund
26,435.00
121
312.33
172.95
Military Service Fund
172.95
122
672.00
672.00
Expense Fund-Salaries
672.00
123
184.02
178.00
Expense Fund-Other Expenses
178.00
$30,177.99
Total Pensions
$30,177.99
124
$250.00
$250.00
Sexton
$250.00
125
599.44
700.00
Memorial Day
700.00
126
846.10
1,750.00
July Fourth
950.00
127
349.76
500.00
Armistice Day
350.00
128
580.77
600.00 Thanksgiving Day
600.00
129
8,195.47
7,101.51 Insurance on Town Property
7,101.51
130
9,783.22
7,738.83 Workmen's Comp & Liab. Ins.
7,738.83
131
400.00
1,000.00
Personal & Property Damage Claims
1,000.00
Miscellaneous Account:
132
477.00
477.00
Salaries
477.00
133
4,350.32
4,564.55
Other Expenses
4,564.55
$24,691.89
Total Unclassified
$23,731.89
PENSIONS - 1.4% of total
UNCLASSIFIED - 1.1% of total
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES - 4.1% of total
Item Expended in No.
1953
Requested in 1954
Recommended for 1954
134
$23,087.19
$25,410.00
Salaries
$25,410.00
135
36,963.00
42,075.00
Other Expenses-Maintenance
42,075.00
136
2,500.00
Emergency
2,500.00
137
6,992.43
7,000.00
Regular Construction
7,000.00
Other:
138
356.01
800.00
Town Wharf Maintenance
650.00
139
9,462.54
7,155.00
Plymouth Airport Maintenance
6,500.00
(incl. receipts)
140
850.00
950.00
Town Forest
950.00
$85,890.00
Total Public Serv. Enterprises
$85,085.00
CEMETERIES - 1.7% of total O.G. & V.H. Cemeteries:
141
$7,573.40
$11,576.00
Salaries
$10,866.00
142
1,000.00
Dutch Elm Disease Control
143
2,000.00
2,000.00
Fill for Addition
2,000.00
144
500.00
Water Pipes
500.00
145
12,885.50
14,940.00
Other Expenses
13,955.00
Other Cemeteries:
146
3,696.01
4,760.00
Burial Hill
3,810.00
147
300.00
Burial Hill Walks
300.00
148
2,605.37
3,325.00
Outlying Cemeteries
3,325.00
$38,401.00
Total Cemeteries
$34,756.00
TOWN DEBT AND INTEREST-5.3% of total
149 $95,531.16
$112,000.00
Town Debt and Interest
$112,000.00
$2,197,916.62
Total Article 7
$2,094,172.71
SPECIAL ARTICLES
Article No.
Requested
Recommended
4. Salary Increase to 5-year Employees
$12,510.62
8. Plymouth Public Library
23,065.00
22,040.00
9. Loring Library
6,634.00
5,553.00
10. Manomet Library
1,775.00
1,500.00
11. Reserve Account
10,000.00
10,000.00
12. Conventions & Entertainment of Distinguished Guests
500.00
13. District Nurses
6,000.00
6.000.00
14. County Aid to Agriculture
150.00
150.00
15. Municipal Advertising
10,000.00
9,000.00
16. Chapter 90
53,000.00
53,000.00
17. Cemetery Improvement
2,000.00
2,000.00*
21. Stabilization Fund
25,000.00
25,000.00*
22. Parking Meter Expenses-Police
200.00
200.00*
Water:
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Article
No.
Requested
Recommended
23. Civil Defense
3,376.89
400.00
24. Payment of 1953 Bills Unpaid
41.00
41.00
26. Purchase of Burgess Land
150.00
150.00
27. Waterfront Protection at Long Beach
5,000.00
5,000.00
28. Shore Protection
8,250.00
30. Purchase of Land to Dyers Pond
300.00
300.00
31. New Street-Peck Avenue
150.00
150.00
32.
New Street-Sandwich Street, Sandwich Road & River Street
300.00
300.00
33. New Street-Watercourse Road (Causeway)
1,100.00
1,100.00
34. New Street-Corner of Manomet Avenue & Old Beach Road
100.00
100.00
35. New Street-Cooper Street & Braunecker Road .
100.00
100.00
36.
New Sewer on Cooper Street
1,400.00
1,400.00
37.
New Sewer on Alden Street Extension
1,250.00
1,250.00
38.
Taylor Avenue Drainage
5,844.00
5,844.00
39.
Repairs at Memorial Building
5,350.00
5,350.00
40.
Highway Grader trade-in
15,000.00
41.
Highway Dump Truck trade-in
2,800.00
2,800.00
42.
Town Infirmary Repairs
6,000.00
?
44.
Fence at Water Reservoir
2,700.00
2,700.00
45.
Water Tank Valve Chamber
4,000.00
4,000.00
46.
New Well House and Equipment
51,100.00
51,100.00*
47.
Water Const .- Giovanetti Development
6,000.00
6,000.00*
49. Old Town House Alterations
10,000.00
54. Drapes for High School
1,100.00
1,100.00
55. Soundproofing High School Gymnasium
1,900.00
1,900.00
56. Painting at High School
10,000.00
10,000.00
57.
Emergency Lights at High School
1,200.00
1,200.00
58. Jr. High School Parking Area Improvements
4,900.00
59.
Cold Spring School Addition
170,000.00
160,000.00*
60.
New Elementary School Plans
2,000.00
61. Hard-Surfacing at Memorial Building
7,300.00
62.
Memorial Drive Sidewalk and Curbing
1,322.50
63. Standish Avenue Playground Field House
25,000.00
64. Park Dump Truck trade-in
2,800.00
2,800.00
65.
Fresh Pond Camp Ground Survey
1,200.00
1,200.00
66.
Hard-Surfacing at Beach Park
3,500.00
67.
Relocation of Manomet Dump
?
68.
Purchase of Land for Manomet Dump
?
69.
New Manomet Dump
?
70.
Water Construction to New Dump
6,500.00
71.
Garbage Truck trade-in
5,800.00
4,800.00
72. Police Station Lease
1.00
1.00
73.
Toilets at Police Station
2,200.00
2,200.00
74. Police Cruiser trade-in
1,058.55
1,058.55
75. Police and Fire Alarm System
2,500.00
1,750.00
76. Police Radios
1,300.00
1,300.00
77. Uniforms for Police Officers
1,200.00
43. Off-Street Parking on School Street
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Article
No.
Requested
Recommended
78. Insurance for Fire Fighters
355.25
355.25
79. Fire Radio trade-in
1,050.00
80. Fire Truck trade-in
1,585.00
1,585.00
81. Fire Engine trade-in
3,900.00
3,900.00
82. Fire Alarm Equipment
14,000.00
83.
Manomet Fire Equipment
10,900.00
10,900.00
84.
Pumping Engine for Fire Dept.
17,900.00
85.
Cedarville Fire Engine
12,000.00
86. Town Recreational Committee Recommendations
?
87.
Memorial Building Lot Public Sanitary
?
88.
White Horse Public Sanitary
?
89.
Watercourse Road Hard-Surfacing
4,500.00
4,500.00
90.
Valley Road Re-surfacing
1,750.00
93. Wire Inspector
?
94. Plymouth Airport
?
95.
Purchase of Standish Mills Property
?
..
97.
Disposition of Town Infirmary
?
98.
Purchase of Land on Taylor Avenue
5,000.00
99.
Bath House at White Horse Beach
700.00
100.
Union Health Committee Report
?
Total of Special Articles Recommended
$433,077.80
Total of Article 7 Recommended
2,094,172.71
GRAND TOTAL
$2,527,250.51
* Funds from other sources than the tax levy.
Mr. C. Harvey Moore moved: That the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,094,172.71 to defray the expenses of the Town and for other purposes, as listed in the printed recommendations of the Advisory and Finance Committee.
Mr. C. Harvey Moore moved to amend the recommenda- tions of the Finance Committee under General Govern- ment, Item No. 6, by substituting the figure $6,350.50 for the figure $4,850.50 and the motion was carried.
Mr. William Barrett moved to amend Item No. 13 by substituting the figure $2,180.00 for the figure $1,430.00. The motion to amend was lost.
Mr. C. Harvey Moore moved to amend Item No. 17 by substituting the figure $6,350.50 for the figure $4,850.50 and the motion was carried.
Mr. James A. White moved to amend Item No. 51 by
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substituting the figure $1,882.00 for the figure $1,582.00 and the motion was carried.
The original motion as amended by Mr. C. Harvey Moore and Mr. James A. White was then put before the meeting and carried.
Personnel Board Expenses
$100.00
Selectmen: Salaries
7,990.00
Other Expenses 2,846.25
Town Accountant: Salaries
8,110.75
Other Expenses
710.00
Town Treasurer: Salaries
6,350.50
Tax Title Expenses
46.00
Other Expenses
1,295.75
Tax Collector: Salaries
7,442.00
Other Expenses
2,277.00
Assessors: Salaries
15,468.00
Mileage and Travel
300.00
Other Expenses
1,430.00
Assessors' Plans
10,000.00
Law: Salaries
2,100.00
Other Expenses
200.00
Town Clerk: Salaries
6,350.50
Other Expenses
525.00
Town Engineer: Salaries
3,584.00
Other Expenses
680.00
Election and Registration: Salaries
4,071.00
Other Expenses
2,176.50
Planning Board: Expenses
4,000.00
Town House Maintenance: Salaries
1,304.00
Other Expenses
350.00
Town Office Building Maintenance:
Salaries
5,735.00
Fuel
3,000.00
Other Expenses
1,800.00
Memorial Building Maintenance: Salaries
6,077.00
Fuel
2,000.00
Lighting of Parking Area
Other Expenses
2,965.00
Police: Salaries
90,313.82
Expenses to Police School
400.00
Out-of-State Travel
100.00
Other Expenses
6,600.00
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Fire: Salaries
100,708.00
Liability Insurance on Trucks
1,100.00
Out-of-State Travel
100.00
New Hose
825.00
Oil Burner
450.00
Other Expenses
8,400.00
Building Inspector: Salary
3,648.00
Other Expenses
825.00
Board of Appeals: Expenses
350.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures: Salaries
2,136.00
Other Expenses
400.00
Insect Pest Control: Salary
2,388.00
Dutch Elm Disease Control
800.00
Other Expenses
5,685.00
Tree Warden: Salary
1,882.00
Other Expenses
7,465.00
Forest Warden: Forest Fire Payrolls
2,100.00
Liability Insurance on Trucks
800.00
New Portable Pump
385.00
Other Expenses
1,885.00
South Street Station Maintenance: Fuel
275.00
Other Expenses
475.00
Inland Fisheries: Expenses
300.00
Dog Officer: Salary
1,365.00
Other Expenses
575.00
Commission of Public Safety: Expenses
325.00
Health: Salaries
19,189.06
Other Expenses
12,972.00
Bulldozing at Manomet Dump
750.00
Sewers: Expenses
6,855.00
Garbage Collection: Expenses
27,882.20
Street Cleaning: Expenses
2,574.00
Public Sanitaries: Salaries Other Expenses
450.00
Mosquito Control: Expenses
750.00
Greenhead Flv Control: Expenses
800.00
Roads and Bridges: Salaries
14,113.40
Fences
2,000.00
Other Expenses
49,017.00
Other: Repairing Hard-Surfaced Streets
6.000.00
Highway Construction and Reconstruction
27,500.00
Setting Boundary Stones
500.00
Sidewalks
7,500.00
Granolithic Sidewalks and Curbings
3,600.00
New Cement Mixer
800.00
3,694.10
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Street Sprinkling
1,300.00
Snow and Ice Removal
15,000.00
New Sandspreader
600.00
New Snow Plow
675.00
Street Lighting
26,000.00
Traffic Lighting
475.00
Traffic Signs, Painting, etc.
2,500.00
Harbor Master: Salary
3,522.00
Other Expenses
285.00
Public Welfare: Salaries
7,380.50
Other Expenses
76,325.00
Town Infirmary: Salaries Other Expenses
6,950.00
Disability Assistance: Assistance
20,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children: Assistance
75,000.00
Old Age Assistance: Salaries Administration
2,200.00
Assistance
325,000.00
Veterans' Services: Salaries
4,217.00
Other Expenses
600.00
Veterans' Benefits: Assistance
30,000.00
Schools: Salaries
509,722.00
General Administration
1,400.00
Out-of-State Travel
100.00
Expenses of Instruction
24,975.00
Tuition
5,695.00
Transportation
37,925.00
Fuel and Light
21,685.00
Maintenance Buildings and Grounds
12,025.00
Desk and Chairs
3,200.00
Other Furniture and Furnishings
3,150.00
Medical Inspection
1,250.00
Diplomas and Graduation
600.00
Athletic Fund
3,000.00
Parks, Playgrounds and Bathing Beaches: Salaries
14,500.00
Other Expenses
18,615.00
Pensions: Pensions for Town Laborers
2,720.04
Cont. Retirement System: Pension Fund
26,435.00
Military Service Fund
172.95
Expense Fund: Salaries
672.00
Expense Fund: Other Expenses
178.00
Sexton
250.00
Memorial Day
700.00
3,947.00
10,611.50
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July Fourth
950.00
Armistice Day
350.00
Thanksgiving Day
600.00
Insurance on Town Property
7,101.51
Workmen's Comp. and Liab. Insurance
7,738.83
Personal and Property Damage Claims
1,000.00
Miscellaneous Account: Salaries
477.00
Other Expenses
4,564.55
Water: Salaries
25,410.00
Other Expenses: Maintenance
42,075.00
Emergency
2,500.00
Regular Construction
7,000.00
Other: Town Wharf Maintenance
650.00
Plymouth Airport Maintenance
6,500.00
Town Forest
950.00
Oak Grove and Vine Hill Cemeteries: Salaries
10,866.00
Fill for Addition
2,000.00
Water Pipes
500.00
Other Expenses
13,955.00
Burial Hill
3,810.00
Burial Hill Walks
300.00
Outlying Cemeteries
3,325.00
Town Debt and Interest
112,000.00
Total of Article 7 $2,097,472.71
Mr. Howard P. Barnes moved that Article No. 94 be taken up before Item No. 138 and it was so voted.
Article 94. To see what action the Town will take re- lating to the operation, maintenance, discontinuance or dis- posal of the Plymouth Airport, and make such appropriation as necessary. (By Petition).
The Committee recommends that the town maintain and operate the airport for one more year, as recommended in the budget, and that the Moderator appoint a committee of five to study the advisability of (a) transferring the re- sponsibility for maintenance and operation to the County or (b) continuing to maintain and operate as a town re- sponsibility, said Committee to report to the town at the next annual town meeting.
Mr. C. Harvey Moore moved that the Town vote to direct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five to study the advisability of (a) transferring the responsibility for maintenance and operation of the Plymouth Airport to the County or (b) continuing to maintain and operate as a Town
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responsibility, said committee to report to the Town at the next annual Town Meeting.
Mr. Howard P. Barnes moved to amend that the Town discontinue the operation of the Plymouth Airport, and that the sum of $500.00 be appropriated for the maintenance, pro- tection and care of the airport property, but the motion to amend was lost.
The original motion was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article 8. To take such action as the Town shall see fit in aid of the Plymouth Public Library.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $22,040, including the Dog Tax of $1,936.67, of which appropriation $16,650 shall be for Salaries and $5,390 for Other Expenses.
Mr. C. Harvey Moore moved that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $22,040, including the dog tax of $1,936.67, in aid of the Plymouth Public Library, of which $16,650 shall be for Salaries, retroactive to January 1, 1954, and $5,390 for Other Expenses.
Mr. Bryce Prindle moved to amend the motion of Mr. Moore by substituting therefor the following: That an appropriation of $23,065 including the dog tax of $1,936.67 of which $17,675 shall be for Salaries, retroactive to January 1, 1954, and $5,390 for Other Expenses be made in aid of the Plymouth Public Library.
The original motion as amended by Mr. Prindle was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Six Thousand, Six Hundred and Thirty-four Dollars ($6,634) to be expended by the Plymouth Public Library for the Loring Library.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,553.
Mr. C. Harvey Moore moved that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,553 to be expended by the Plymouth Public Library for the Loring Library.
Mr. Bryce Prindle moved to amend the motion of Mr. Moore by substituting therefor the following: That an appro- priation of $6,634 of which appropriation $4,829 shall be for Salaries and $1,805 for Other Expenses be made to be
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expended by the Plymouth Public Library for the Loring Library. The original motion as amended by Mr. Prindle was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding One Thousand, Seven Hundred and Seventy- five Dollars ($1,775) in aid of the Manomet Public Library.
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